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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie do to spoil the evening when he tells Alice that he likes her?

2. What does Charlie's sister once almost get as a reward for an A on a test?

3. Where is the conference for the International Psychological Association being held?

4. How high is Charlie's IQ when he remembers the story about his sister and the History test?

5. What do Charlie's friends from the bakery make him do with Ellen at a party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fanny think Charlie came about his intelligence?

2. What realization does Charlie make while reading The Great Gatsby?

3. What happens when Charlie goes to see his father in the barbershop?

4. What is Professor Nemur most upset about when Charlie returns to the lab after living in his own apartment?

5. Why is Charlie fired from his job at the bakery?

6. What causes Charlie to get upset with Burt during one of their sessions together?

7. Why did Norma's father refuse to let her have the dog she was promised if she did well on her history test?

8. What causes Charlie to believe that everything he has been taught might be false?

9. What happens when Algernon is put back into his original maze when he and Charlie return to the lab?

10. What does Charlie say about the failure of this experiment done on him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Charlie and Alice change through the course of the book, and what causes these changes? Who undergoes the most emotional growth?

Essay Topic 2

Jealousy is an emotion that rears its ugly head a number of times in this book. Which characters evokes this emotion, and how do they respond to their jealous tendencies? How do these instances affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 3

The theme of diversity and acceptance is heard loud and clear in this book. What are some examples of this theme, and how does this idea affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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